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there are also people there celebrating the election of the first african-american president. president obama is only the 16th sitting chief executive to be returned to office. he is the first president since dwight eisenhower to win two consecutive elections with more than 51% of the popular vote. he won for the 372 electoral votes to mitt romney's 206 and spent part of the morning at the white house having coffee with bipartisan leadership. >> this is the second time the president had his inauguration on the celebration of martin luther king, jr. and it's actually a ceremonial event. the 20th amendment to the constitution mandates that newly elected mandates take place on january 20th and several times that happened on the sunday. and followed by the pomp and pageantry on the following monday. >> both president obama and vice president biden took their official oaths of office why yesterday. >> i barack hussein obama swear -- >> supreme court justice john roberts swore in the first family. justice sotomayor did the honor at the vice president's residence at the united states
there are also people there celebrating the election of the first african-american president. president obama is only the 16th sitting chief executive to be returned to office. he is the first president since dwight eisenhower to win two consecutive elections with more than 51% of the popular vote. he won for the 372 electoral votes to mitt romney's 206 and spent part of the morning at the white house having coffee with bipartisan leadership. >> this is the second time the president had...
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unlike president obama is looking at the elections in 2014 and midterm elections. he doesn't have a lot of time before he is truly a lame duck and he knows that. shepard: so there is work to be done. we begin by swearing him in this morning in washington. it will be quite an event. everybody who is anybody is here. except as you mentioned some from the bush family who stayed back home in texas. our expectation is, that we'll get started here pretty quick. they're going to follow tradition from start to finish. >> yes. it is a day full of much ceremony. there is order to this day. it really doesn't change. there is going to be a luncheon. as you know, 200 place settings were set last night in statuary hall for a luncheon for all the elected officials who will be afforded the best tickets up on stage. they will be lunching with the president and leaders in congress and afterwards. all of this is something that you have to go through, whether you like it or not. there are going to be incredible gifts given e to the president and vice president. shepard: nancy pelosi's
unlike president obama is looking at the elections in 2014 and midterm elections. he doesn't have a lot of time before he is truly a lame duck and he knows that. shepard: so there is work to be done. we begin by swearing him in this morning in washington. it will be quite an event. everybody who is anybody is here. except as you mentioned some from the bush family who stayed back home in texas. our expectation is, that we'll get started here pretty quick. they're going to follow tradition from...
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that was partly what this whole election was about. i agree there's no part in not giving dignity to the opposition but right now i think he has to play an outside game as well as an inside game. he has to bring the characters to the white house, spend time with the democrats and republicans but the only way i think he's going to have a strategy to move things in the house and the senate is to make the country itself pressure from the outside in. that's when teddy roosevelt had to do because he had a republican party that wouldn't do his bidding so he got the press and public to push them from the outside in. that's what his second term has to do and it's different from the way he did hit in the first term. he tried the consensus route. it doesn't mean you won't reach it ultimately but to have your people pushing in your idea of what you want to happen be the country's idea. you have to provide a story for the country. >> i wanted to show you this conversation i had with the president last summer about what he considers the mistakes of
that was partly what this whole election was about. i agree there's no part in not giving dignity to the opposition but right now i think he has to play an outside game as well as an inside game. he has to bring the characters to the white house, spend time with the democrats and republicans but the only way i think he's going to have a strategy to move things in the house and the senate is to make the country itself pressure from the outside in. that's when teddy roosevelt had to do because he...
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>> [clyburn] well the primary election was, uh, sort of interesting. um, uh, you knew, uh, from the very beginning, uh, that it was going to be historical. you had, um, an african american running, uh, that seemed to be a little bit different from african americans who had run before. you had a woman running that seemed a little bit different from the women who had run before. and so the conventional wisdom was that, uh, this was going to be a change election. >> look, i'm not running because of long-held ambitions, i'm not running because i think it's my turn. i'm running because of what dr. king called, "the fierce urgency of now." "the fierce urgency of now." >> throughout that year, the obama campaign assembled a nationwide network of dedicated volunteers, and they broke fundraising records by mastering the internet. early on obama trailed senator hillary clinton by large margins in national polls, and struggled against doubts and criticism. >> early on, supporting senator obama was a somewhat lonely position within the democratic caucus. it was a
>> [clyburn] well the primary election was, uh, sort of interesting. um, uh, you knew, uh, from the very beginning, uh, that it was going to be historical. you had, um, an african american running, uh, that seemed to be a little bit different from african americans who had run before. you had a woman running that seemed a little bit different from the women who had run before. and so the conventional wisdom was that, uh, this was going to be a change election. >> look, i'm not...
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and this country elected this president, elections matter, everyone who went to the polling place went to the trouble of getting involved in this campaign. it's getting the reality of it to come true today. i am curious, i know the president is committed to do something about public safety. we can see that in his heart since newtown. we know he wants to do something on immigration because the there to be fixed and both parties want to deal with it fur all kinds of reasons. i'm waiting to see if there's a halfton in his speech today, something about rebuilding this country. i think this president's instincts are good on war and peace. i hope they are good about building this country. i wish the labor unions and all kinds of people would get out to say, let's do what we did when eisenhower was president, a moderate republican. build this country up, rebuild our highways, our bridges, our big cities and transit systems, inner city transportation, really build up this country with jobs. all this talk about debt, i wish there was more talk about jobs. >> the thing -- i went back yesterday a
and this country elected this president, elections matter, everyone who went to the polling place went to the trouble of getting involved in this campaign. it's getting the reality of it to come true today. i am curious, i know the president is committed to do something about public safety. we can see that in his heart since newtown. we know he wants to do something on immigration because the there to be fixed and both parties want to deal with it fur all kinds of reasons. i'm waiting to see if...
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not the election of the first president, but the election of its second president. the peaceful transfer of power is what will separate our country from every other country in the world. so today we celebrate the 57th inauguration of the american president, find the good and praise him. now, it is my honor -- it is my honor to enter introduce justice sonja sotomayor. will everyone please stand. [cheers] >> mr. vice president, please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, joseph r. by then do solemnly swear, that i will support and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic that i will bear true and safety and the legions and take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties on which i am about to enter. so help you god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. [applause] [patriotic music playing] >> it is my pleasure to introduce renowned musical artist james taylor. [applause] ♪ ♪ [james taylor singing "america the beautiful"] ♪ ♪ [applause] >
not the election of the first president, but the election of its second president. the peaceful transfer of power is what will separate our country from every other country in the world. so today we celebrate the 57th inauguration of the american president, find the good and praise him. now, it is my honor -- it is my honor to enter introduce justice sonja sotomayor. will everyone please stand. [cheers] >> mr. vice president, please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, joseph r....
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and re-election possible. soon the president renews his oath before cheering crowds and his critics are fierce. his choices are tough. and america's future is in his hands. >> we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin, again, the work of remaking america. >>> crowds are growing on the national mall. 44th president of the united states is about two hours away from taking the oath of office. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. vice president joe biden also will be sworn in on this stage in the shadow of the capitol. stand by for gloria borger's exclusive interview with the vice president. she asks about the times he made the president angry. we will also talk to former secretary of state colin powell about his support for the president and his concerns about his own republican party. first, let's take you across the national mall to my colleague, anderson cooper. >> wolf, thanks very much. inaugurations are logistic nightmare, as you can imag
and re-election possible. soon the president renews his oath before cheering crowds and his critics are fierce. his choices are tough. and america's future is in his hands. >> we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin, again, the work of remaking america. >>> crowds are growing on the national mall. 44th president of the united states is about two hours away from taking the oath of office. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world....